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New self portrait time . . .

29/2/2016

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I find it difficult to summons enough enthusiasm to get around to updating my own portrait.  My last published one is now three years old, gulp, slacker!  

As a portrait photographer I am always trying to encourage others to trust me to capture a beautiful photograph of them.  Now is the best time I say, don't wait to lose another couple of kilos, don't wait to buy that new outfit.  NOW, now is the time, do it!  It is important to exist in photograph, if not for yourself then for those who love you.

Well, today finally became my now, no more excuses!

I managed to gather the motivation as having just finished hand painting my first large canvas backdrop for the studio, and with no one around to test it out on, I became my own model.

Nailing the focus while taking a self portrait I always struggle with.  Does it matter that it is not a technically correct photograph?

Do I wish I was a couple of kilos lighter?  Yes.  Is it a while since my last visit to the hairdresser?  Yes.  Do I wish I had a new, fashionable top to wear?  Yes.  Did I nearly ditch this image and decide to re-shoot another day?  Yes.  

​Does it matter that it was shot in the fading light at the end of the day, that the ISO was high so the image was grainy losing detail in the skin?  NO!  

Do I think it will take me another three years to getting around to shooting another self portrait?  Possibly yes, but I hope not . . .

Exist in Photographs.
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2 Comments
Diana Brown
29/2/2016 07:49:28 pm

Well said, and well done, nice shot Helen!

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Heidi
3/3/2016 01:56:03 pm

Lovely shot helen! Kilos schmilos you re looking great. Must be all those organic veges :)

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